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 Oscars - Best Actor
| Marlon Brando received a Best Actor nomination in 1951 for which movie based on a Tennessee Williams play? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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A Streetcar Named Desire. Who could ever forget Brando standing in the rain screaming, "Stellaaaaa!"? But the Academy preferred Bogie's performance in "The African Queen" more, and he won the Oscar.
| Both James Dean and Rock Hudson received Best Actor nominations for what 1956 film, which would turn out to be Dean's last movie? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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Giant. Dean only made three movies in his entire career. The "Come Back to the Five and Dime" answer came from an early 80s Cher movie about three friends who were big James Dean fans. Yul Brenner's performance in "The King And I" ended up taking the prize that year.
| Both Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier were nominated for Best Actor for which 'jailbreak' movie in 1958? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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The Defiant Ones . David Niven won the Oscar that year.
| Peter O'Toole made himself a major star with his 1962 Best Actor nomination for which epic movie? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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Lawrence of Arabia. O'Toole lost the Oscar to Gregory Peck for his lead role in "To Kill A Mockingbird".
| In 1967, Warren Beatty was nominated for Best Actor for his role in what 'shoot-em-up' bank robber film? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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Bonnie and Clyde. Rod Steiger won the Oscar that year for his role in "In the Heat of the Night".
| James Earl Jones received his only Oscar nomination as turn-of-the-century heavyweight champion (heavily based on Jack Johnson) in which 1970 movie? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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The Great White Hope. A great performance and movie, the title of which referred to the white contenders continually trying to beat the first black heavyweight champion.
| Marlon Brando was nominated for Best Actor in 1973, becoming the third person ever nominated for an Oscar for a role in an X-rated movie; which movie was he nominated for that year? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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Last Tango in Paris . Talk about stiff competition! Brando's fellow nominees that year were Jack Nicholson for "The Last Detail", Al Pacino for "Serpico", Robert Redford in "The Sting", and eventual winner Jack Lemmon for "Save the Tiger". Incidentally, the first two men nominated for Best Actor for an X-rated movie were Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voigt, both for Midnight Cowboy in 1969.
Equus. Burton lost the Oscar to Richard Dreyfuss's beautiful and hilarious turn in "The Goodbye Girl".
| Paul Newman received a Best Actor nomination in 1982 for his role as the alcoholic lawyer in "The Verdict", and again failed to win. Including this nomination, how many Best Actor nominations had he received by that point in his career? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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Six. "The Verdict" marked Newman's 6th Best Actor Nomination, the previous ones having been for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in 1958, "The Hustler" in 1961, "Hud" in 1963, "Cool Hand Luke" in 1967 and "Absense of Malice" in 1981. Number seven would be the charm for Newman, as the next time he was nominated, for "The Color of Money" in 1986, he'd finally win the prize.
| Jeff Bridges, who has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor several times, received his first Best Actor nomination for his role in which 1984 sci-fi film? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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Starman. Bridges played the alien in "Starman" in such a way that the character was touching, innocent and hilariously funny. A great performance, but he lost the trophy to F. Murray Abraham's wonderful turn as Salieri in "Amadeus".
| Oscar perennial Jack Nicholson was up for the 1985 Best Actor award for his role as an underworld character in which film? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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Prizzi's Honor. Nicholson starred in all these movies, and did receive an Oscar nomination for "Ironweed", but it was "Prizzi's Honor" where he was an underworld character.
Kenneth Branagh. Branagh also received a nomination for Best Director for "Henry V", but failed to win that one as well.
| 1994's "The Shawshank Redemption" was full of great performances, but only one man received an Oscar nomination for his role in the film; who was it? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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Morgan Freeman . Morgan Freeman lost the Best Actor award that year to Tom Hanks for his role as Forrest Gump.
| Sean Penn was nominated for the 1995 Best Actor Oscar for his fantastic performance as a death row inmate in which film? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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Dead Man Walking. Penn was wonderful in his chilling role as a murderer who attempts to make peace with his life before his execution, with the help of Sister Helen Prejean, played by Susan Sarandon.
| Denzel Washington was considered a front-runner for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ruben Carter in which 1999 movie? | Best Actor Non-Winners
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The Hurricane. "The Hurricane" was based on Ruben Carter's book "The 16th Round" where he told the story of his lengthy imprisonment for a crime he didn't commit.
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